The Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano

How many times have we gone to Mass and thought? Is this really the Body and Blood of our Lord and Savior? Or is the priest just saying that?

Back in the 8th century, after the death of Christ of course, occurred the first and greatest Eucharistic Miracle in the entire history of the Catholic Church. In the small Church of St. Leogontian, a Basilian monk was celebrating Mass. Right as he consecrated the Eucharist, the host miraculously morphed into live Flesh and the wine into live Blood. The miracle has remained intact throughout the centuries, and can be seen even today.

How do we know this isn't a fake, you may ask? Well, a scientific investigation was conducted by Professor Odoardo Linoli with the assistance of Professor Ruggero Bertelli in 1970 and '71. Linoli was a Professor in Anatomy, Pathological Histology, Chemistry, and Clinical Microscopy. Their investigation yielded the following conclusions:

• The Flesh is real Flesh. The Blood is real Blood.
  
• The Flesh and the Blood belong to the human species.
  
• The Flesh consists of the muscular tissue of the heart.
  
• In the Flesh we see present in section: the myocardium, the endocardium, the vagus nerve and also the left ventricle of the heart for the large thickness of the myocardium.
  
• The Flesh is a "HEART" complete in its essential structure.
  
• The Flesh and the Blood have the same blood-type: AB (Blood-type identical to that which Prof. Baima Bollone uncovered in the Holy Shroud of Turin).
  
• In the Blood there were found proteins in the same normal proportions (percentage-wise) as are found in the sero-proteic make-up of the fresh normal blood.
  
• In the Blood there were also found these minerals: chlorides, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, sodium and calcium.
  
• The preservation of the Flesh and of the Blood, which were left in their natural state for twelve centuries and exposed to the action of atmospheric and biological agents, remains an extraordinary phenomenon.

The Eucharistic Miracle is the greatest of its kind in the history of the Church. To this day, it continues to deepen the faith of the members of the Catholic Church and persuade non-Christians to a second look at the Miracle of Jesus Christ. 

Works Cited

The Real Presence. Real Presence Eucharistic Education and Adoration Association. Web. 8 May 2013. 

http://www.therealpresence.org/eucharst/mir/lanciano.html